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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Caenotropus
Name

Caenotropus Günther, 1864

Species:

C. labyrinthicus – (Kner 1858).
C. maculosus – (Eigenmann 1912).
C. mestomorgmatos – Vari, Castro & Raredon 1995.
C. schizodon – Scharcansky & Lucena 2007.

Caenotropus is a genus of chilodontid headstanders from South America, found in the Orinoco, Parnaíba, and Amazon Basins, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. The currently described species in this genus are:

Caenotropus labyrinthicus (Kner, 1858)
Caenotropus maculosus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
Caenotropus mestomorgmatos Vari, R. M. C. Castro & Raredon, 1995
Caenotropus schizodon Scharcansky & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2007

References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Caenotropus". FishBase. October 2011 version.

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